Their name suggests that they are related somehow to the
bamboo plant that furniture is made out of.

They are in very different plant families.

Palms are in the arecaceae
family of flowering trees/plants and bamboo is in the poaceae family of true grasses.

Reg. Bamboo Palm

This is the Bamboo palm that is the most popular just
because it is the easiest to find as a house plant.

Many commercial growers
will start these faster growers in full sun.

This will increase the new shoots,
having a tendency to fill in the container with a more dense plant.

Then they
will return them to a shade- part shade environment so the leaves can go back
to a deeper more emerald green.

With the container fuller and the leaves
darker- the plant is now ready for sale.

These guys are easy keepers. They will thrive in any type of
well drained soil with regular food and watering. They aren’t drought tolerant
so if you are going to have them in a container - a self watering pot would be
ideal.

Quick info:
scientific name Chamaedorea seifritzii

10-12 ft tall 5-6 ft wide if outdoors in soil

Minimum temp: 30°F
outdoor growing zones 10-11

Shade to part shade (will tolerate more sun if slowly acclimated
to it)

Grows in any well drained soil with some organic matter for
water retention

No drought or salt tolerance

This bamboo palm can withstand just below freezing
temperatures.

If they do happen to get frozen the leaves will turn brown and
die off.

The plant itself will reemerge new shoots from the ground.

Another bonus to this particular palm is that it will get
yellowish flowers that have a nice aroma.

The flowers are both male and female
which once pollinated will turn to a small fruit that will turn a blackish
color when ripe.

Dwarf Bamboo

Original photo: Two small Chamaedorea radicalis palms
Date
27 June 2010
Source
Own work
Author
Danerikk

Called the dwarf bamboo because most of the time their
trunks will be below ground.
Periodically one will grow one above ground.

When they grow below ground they are of the clumping variety
and if one does grow a trunk it will be a solitary one, only about an inch or
so in diameter.

The dwarf bamboo palm also gets a paler yellow unisex
flowers that and will produce a small fruit that is a reddish orange color when
ripe.

You’ll especially enjoy these as a ground cover for a large
area outdoors. They are even a slight more cold tolerant that the regular
bamboo.

If you are lucky enough to find a couple of the solitary ones
with the trunk above ground you’ll be amazed at how elegant and tropical their
appearance is. A couple are always a much more striking display than
just one.

I think the hardest part will be trying to figure out which
bamboo palm to get.

They are all easy
to grow in containers and indoors.

Their lighting requirements aren’t nearly as
much as some other varieties of palms making them a lot easier to place
indoors.

You can keep the humidity they need by giving them a mist
bath once a week or so.

Another alternative is to set a shallow dish with water and pebbles near the tree.

Add water when necessary, the pebbles help with a touch of decoration too.

One other thing to remember- with most palms that are
indoors they can be subject to spider mites.

The best way to discourage them is to put a couple of drops of dish soap or insecticidal soap in your
mist bottle.

It won’t hurt your palm but will help to stop any mites that are
considering making your palm their home.

Two jobs done in one spray!

NOTE : About Buying Palms

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Whether you are ordering from inside the United States,
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for a commercial project-- I’m confident you won’t be disappointed.

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